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As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area.
David Mola, CEO, Mola Solaire Internationale, Germany, Guest of Honour at JERSIC 2009.
Villagers in the TDA have been wondering about the impact on sand mining on their environment especially in this era of climate change when rising ocean level and floods are becoming common occurrence. This is why interviews were made with the people at Katong to know their concerns.
About six communities, which Newmont and some chiefs claimed were non-existent, and dotted around the stream leading to the Subri River into which Newmont spilled cyanide recently, have called on the government and other stakeholders to relocate them.
The Egyptian government yesterday said it was ready to cooperate with other eight countries under Nile Basin to resolve their disagreements on the usage and access of River Nile water.
Whether it is used to described rolling blackouts or civil wars, the catchphrase 'Africa wins again' remains a favourite amongst naysayers naturalising the continent as a place where tragedies symbolise the realisation of Africa's innate 'destiny' - to self-destruct.
Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey, has asked oil companies operating in the Niger Delta to comply with existing regulatory laws and to ensure that they tailor their operations to conform with the Ministry's policy on environment.
The Oasis Project Youth Association (OPYA) of Bakau, last Saturday, embarked on a massive cleansing exercise at the Katchikally Crocodile Pool and its surroundings at Bakau.
There is growing opposition among stakeholders on whether water hyacinth on Lake Victoria should be eliminated.
In keeping with her bright dream of transforming Lagos State into a mega city as soon as possible, a collaborative effort that would assist the state to learn from the wealth of experience of the Swedish Government to find a means of building a sustainable city is emerging. The deal is also coming with a synergy that would confront the threat of global warming and its attendant climate change on ...
The Senate has queried Minister of Environment John Odey for awarding contract for the purchase of 10 incinerators to 10 medical centres without due process. Chairman Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology Senator Grace Folashade Bent (PDP, Adamawa South) landed the query to the minister during a meeting with members of the committee at the National Assembly.
Due to the high risk attached to highway sweeping in Lagos, the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has advocated for safety of street sweepers as some among about 10,000 highway sweepers and cleaners in the state who were caught in a gun battle between the Police and armed robbers have been killed.
Residents of Busoga District should plant more trees if they want to be economically empowered, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament has said.
The National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) has ordered the immediate closure of Leather Industries Uganda Ltd, for alleged failure to adhere to the authority's guidelines.
The Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey has warned that climate change will drastically impact every facet of life in Nigeria if it continues to aggravate unabated.
First-time visitors may be forgiven if they wonder whether Abuja is truly the administrative and political capital of Black Africa's most populous country. The growing mountain of garbage in virtually every street is astonishing.
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Ministry of Water and Environment to evict all the people who occupy land in forest reserves countrywide, Daily Monitor has learnt.
Encroachers have taken over at least 500 hectares of wetlands in Masaka District, destroying the fragile eco-system in the area.
Luanda governor, Francisca do Espírito Santo, launched Tuesday in Samba District a campaign dubbed Ecologic Christmas, based on the collection of plastic bottles to build a tree in that surroundings.
Mombasa residents are consuming contaminated water. At least 20 people have been diagnosed with different waterborne diseases in the town over the past one week.
As African leaders gathered in Kampala mid last month to attend the African Union Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displace Persons, perhaps not so many of us were actually aware that elsewhere, in the UK, another conference was taking place to warn that the international law is inadequate to deal with millions of people forecast to become climate exiles in the face of ...
THE Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on Saturday called on Swapo members not to respond violently to provocation from supporters of opposition parties.
Expectations from Mr. Chibuzor Ugwoha as managing director and chief executive officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, are extremely high and this he knows. He also realises that he needs the support of everyone with a stake in the development of the region to succeed.
As part of the coastal community sensitization on the promotion of sustainable use of biodiversity, the community of Bakau, last Sunday, were sensitised on biodiversity issues, held at the Bakau Community Centre.
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